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“I could see from the doctor’s face that it was really bad.”
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StoryCorps 507: Row 12, Seat 12
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“I called my mom and told her, ‘There’s been a shooting and Alex was in the theater.'"
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StoryCorps 506: Between June and September
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"I can’t make up for half of your life that I missed."
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The Great Outdoors

Camp stories and encounters with nature

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"I went into Uncle Jake's room and opened up the dictionary, and in the middle was hidden a magazine..."
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"I went into Uncle Jake's room and opened up the dictionary, and in the middle was hidden a magazine..."
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"The pay’s horrible, the benefits are worse, but I have the most gorgeous view in the entire city."
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"The pay’s horrible, the benefits are worse, but I have the most gorgeous view in the entire city."
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"It's hard to believe that our troop's lasted that long."
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"It's hard to believe that our troop's lasted that long."
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"I’ve learned from the bees patience, respect, and work 'til you die."
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"I’ve learned from the bees patience, respect, and work 'til you die."

Animations

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The Bookmobile
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Eyes on the Stars
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Voices from Chicago

Stories recorded at our Chicago StoryBooth

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"I didn't think I would ever tell a teacher..."
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"I didn't think I would ever tell a teacher..."

Aaron and his teacher, Celeste-Davis Carr, remember when he revealed his homelessness through a recording he made for StoryCorpsU.
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"What is it that people who have never been incarcerated before don’t get?"
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"What is it that people who have never been incarcerated before don’t get?"

Terry Banies met Darryl Cooke when they were college students. At StoryCorps, they talk about the bond that they built over their past experiences with incarceration.
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"You came home and you brought singles, five dollar bills, and coins, and we started playing McDonald's."
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"You came home and you brought singles, five dollar bills, and coins, and we started playing McDonald's."

As an adult, Eileen was diagnosed with a learning disability. At StoryCorps, she remembers how she overcame the challenges she faced at work.
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"I went as macho as I could be to mask what I was underneath."
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"I went as macho as I could be to mask what I was underneath."

Alexis Martinez tells her daughter, Lesley Etherly Martinez, about growing up, parenthood, and living life as a transgender woman.

Each week, the StoryCorps podcast shares these unscripted conversations, revealing the wisdom, courage, and poetry in the words of people you might not notice walking down the street.